in advance but at this time we will open itj 9ñké up for public comment. if you'd like to speak, line up on the right side of> good afternoon, supervisors.-i÷rm=j i'm steven notesel, i serve on the veterans affairs commission, i'm secretary of theí1fv"gñ commission. and we have some well-qualified candidates, all á.fhsátw them on the list have good qualifications. but i'm here to speak particularly for three who i think are a cut above the rest in termsm-vm%r@! of specific qualification that is applicable to the veterans affairs commission. the first one isñakog @ john gallagher who just spoke. i would like to speak on his behalf.

i knowtí5unñoi from personal experience what a competent and advocate he is for veterans. like i said from personal experience, working &p gez with the v.a. but also, more than that, i think it's important thk÷ñ?ñ?ñt the commission has, in its -- within its -- on the person who is, for the first time someone who/@c3uu, works for the county veteran service office. we need a greateri5-1ly/ connection with that department, and it would be a great asset to have him workingv0 ubz the commission. if i could just take one second to mention two other candidates, who i don'tm1>2lr know why are not here, both of them, to my knowledge, were going to be here.k5z!w but mr. maffei works for the city of san francisco as an?0 attorney. he also would be -- and he's been to several meetingsa he's shown a great interest on the commission. and he also would be a very

special asset to theoi#iz because of his connection with various entities in the city?p7 including the sheriff's department and the potential we have for advocating:empñr veterans court and so on. finally,5j!!d÷ dr. matto, who is a psychiatrist and has special insight into the problems of post-traumatic stress disorder and so on. hes0ñh be an excellent -- so i ask you to hold your decision, finally in abeyance until you have had an opportunity to speak to those other two gentlemen. otherwise i advocate for mr. gallagher. thank you. >> chair kim: actually both our office and the clerk did try to contact mr. matto and he didn't respond to either calls. i don't know if you have his contact but see if he's on his way. same for mr. maffei. >> i spoke with him recently. he was fully intending to be here. whether it'svññ?ñ? his job as city attorney -- >> chair kim: no need to

explain. if you can contact them, that would be great. >> wallace livein long time member of the veterans affairs commission. the commission is in need of -- we've never had an attorney onoñ?ñ?ñ the commission. we're looking at a lot of things in that area.4yd:ñ4vwfxñ?ñ?ñ and michael maffei, as a deputy district attorney, and he1#7ct has a very heavy case load, his life is not his.'a8d,÷ññ?ñ? own, he has attended meetings of the veteransr#l6 40ñ affairs commission, almost all theñvta meetings the past year. and he would be a ñ?ñ tremendous asset to the commission. and if he's not here it'sq< becauseesbecause he's assigned something in court or he)i a7 to appear before a judge. but we've never had an attorney

and he is very much needed on0$nd)o the commission. and i asked your clerk prioriñ?ñ? to the meeting, and she toldtlu>0)[l me that he had called, and said thates going to be delayed. i mzpi don't -- >> chair kim: we have been able to talk to+ it's mic mat that mikelñ;í[oxg/ matto that both of us have called and he's not responded to our calls. >>r i'm not -- and i'll just leave you with this thought ñ?ñ. the commission needs input with the7÷ñ?ñ'j we have that now with our president. we need an attorney. we need input from the county veterans). service office. and we+xñ?ñ? need input from city collegedñ?ñ? which has 1,000 veterans there now. and that's the importantsçf,x!iñ city college, anqoñ?ñ? attorney, and the county veterans service;ma office. thank you.

>> chair kim: thank you very.jv:z; muchlñ?ñ?. >> good afternoon, supervisors. hope you're doingo k well toda

commission. with thatik8""i,h said,jçñ?ñ i see that the commission needs people that can wo);"0 provide the resources and the input necessaryvy&wmñ to get actions to the people that matter.?épe>bpt and i would like to ñ?ñ? nominate -- or2lów2p9ó actually support the following individuals for the differentkç @;cy seats. burnburnette for seat three. johng;á@brç gallagher for seat six. and i feel with members we have andó):=oivç the addition of these three members i think our commission will be on the road to!z help bring the important changes that the city zf#anw san francisco need forfsod7+í ourñ?ñ fellow veterans. and i thank you for your]ñ?ñ? time and for your support.

>> chair kim:áçñ?ñ? commissioner, if you don't mind, i just had/9ñ=nyñ a request. the admin requires that at least one of the board appointees have a service related disability. do at least one of our 12 appointees have a service related disability? >> of the current people we have here? my understanding john gallagher is a service connected -- >> chair kim: i know he is. currently on the commission do any of our 12 appointees have service related >> i'm sure there are other commissioners that are service connected. >> chair kim: currently how many women sit on theq9!kcmñ commission? >> currently we have four women on the commission. >> chair kim: thank you so much, commissioner. >>ivuá >> chair kim: i appreciate you being here today. >> good afternoon, supervisor noñvoñ kim and supervisor ferrell. today i come before you to request5p

appointment of michael™

rehabilitation treatment and support from social services agency to ensure thatw& hñ these veterans, who are currently incarcerated, will get the much-neededesñ?ñ assistance and outreach that they soyñ?ñ? desire.kvñ?ñ?cck4y also with=%$sbhvñ mr. maffei's legal background and law degree, we don't have a -- anyone in our commission that possess] qualification that he has. thank you supervisors, for this consideration. >> chair kim: thank you so much for being here\' this item? seeing none public comment is closed i'll say very quickly, i was very interested in particular in hearing michael maffei and'm;jd mikel matto speak. we've not had a doctor or lawyer

on the commission before. generally the rules committee does not appoint individuals that we have not heard before us. supervisor ferrell i know you might want to add to that discussion. >> supervisor farrell: first of all i want to thank the existing members of the commission who came here today. thank you for your service. not only in armed forces, but on the commission itself. itáu[é thank you so much for the time you've spent on that. to the applicants that came here today thank you as well. not only for applying but for your service. again, as a kid who grew up with his dad in the air force, there's no higher duty and higher honor. so thank you all for what you have done. i agree, there is actually -- also, i would like to see mr. reed -- or at least give him a chance to appear. so let me make a suggestion. although maybe we could talk more about the seat six thing.tsñ?ñ

okay. so seat six says it's not officially to our city)@ñ?ñ? attorney, it's not officially a disabled seat by the rules of this committee. >> city attorney: that's right/)vhx= opinion it may have been at some point in the past when the commission was first created, that seat was designated for a person with a service related disability. under the current ordinance thenññ?ñ? requirement is just that one of the board's 12/g have af;ñ?ñ? service physicalñtñ?ñ? disability. doesn't have to be the person sit nothing that seat. >> supervisor farrell: andññ?ñ? we confirmed there is an existing member. >> chair kim:o fú himself confirmed he has a disability related to:rñd]n#ñ his service. >> supervisor farrell: what i was going to suggest was today put mr. gallagher into seat six and=÷ñ?ñ?ñ really appreciate your testimony, and everyone else's as well and hold off on the other twoujñ?ñ? seats so we can give

them a chance at least one morebfñ?ñ? time for the folks to show up. i think'sñ?ñ? mr. burn eft,d5ñ?ñ ms. tramil a lawyer would make fine additions but i would like to give the people opportunity to show up. so i was going to propose that -- and i'm still going to do so unless you would want to keep all three seatsbé until the next time, that's fine with me as well. but i agree, especially given the testimony of the commissioners, i think having some of these people come forth and be able to talk would be something we'd want to do. >> chair kim: and i do want to thank all the2ñ?ñ? mtious particularly the commission who came out to speak on behalf ofhsñ?ñ? the appointees today. it was helpful. i had wanted to hear from these individuals:#iç after having read their application. we will do a reach out again and appreciate your assistance in reaching out?1ñ?ñ? to dr. matto. i would feel if we can continue

all of the seats jbñ?ñ?u[pw greater level of flexibility. but i did want to thank both mr. burnette, mr. adams,s?ñ? ms. tramil and mr. gallagher for coming out today when we had scheduled it. we certainly will not ask you to come to the next rules committee meeting because we have heard you and your presentation. thank you so much for your service, your commitment your ideas. i think they would all lend itself very well onto the commission but i think it would be helpful to hear from some of the other applicants as well tolñ?ñ?@ give them one more opportunity. at this point we have not heard from them and will consider them amongst those that are there. i would feel comfortable continuing this to the call of the chair hopefully we will be able to schedule itáre november 15 which is our next rules committee and we will be able to get those individuals in attendance. i'm also grateful that we have some young folks that have applied as well, both mr. burnette and mr. gallagher. i think with thehuñ?ñ? wave of young

veterans that are coming to the city it's very important for this commission to have that perspective and that experience as well that they can do outreach to the new veterans that are coming back to the city -- or coming toetñ?ñ? the city and county of san francisco. it was great to hear that you felt that this is -- mr. burnette -- or a friendly place for veterans to comepr]añíx to. i'm appreciative because i think it really is due to our veterans community-7 -ñ that that -- many of the things were put in place before you came to san francisco. so i was glad to hear that. so we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. and we can do that without opposition. thank you so much to all the applicants who are here today. madam clerk, can you please call item 3. >> linda wong: item 3 ordinance amending the administrative code to extend the sunset date of the public utilities revenuehqñ?ñ? bond oversight committee toever 1, 2016. >> chair kim: thank you. and we do have the author of that legislation here,

supervisor mark ferrell. >> supervisor farrell: thank you, chair kim. i know we continued this from last rules committee meeting. we do have members of the puc here as well to i think talk to some of the outstanding questions and we have our city attorney that also looked into it so we can have a dialogue as well. >> chair kim: my apologies. i want to recognize that supervisor david campos has joined us. >>uívw]bdsu financial officer of our san francisco public utilities commission and thank you for÷fl÷ considering this legislation today. i think it's important for the television audience as well as you who already know to briefly summarize why this/zñ?ñ? is so meaningful to us. one is it's4lñ?ñ? helpful for ratepayer assurance and for the public that we have sound and prudent oversight. and also, every time i go to meet with the rating agencies, whether#ññ?ñ? moody's standard and

poor or fitch they@÷ñ?ñsee our oversight committees whether it's the mayor or our revenue bond oversight committee ordñ?ñ? our rate fairness board, we have about 10 of them, they are independent financial officer our controller's office, our city services auditor as)qñ?ñ?ñ well as our citizens advisory committee, we have people who care and pay attention and look at every dollar and how it's being spent. than#ñ?ñ? you for reconsidering an extension of this oversightq-ñ?ñ?ñ body. it's important. that being said i do understand in previous -- inaxñ?ñ? a previous meeting there were somee?"f suggestions on how we might make it even stronger. i÷nñ?ñ?ñ,ñb3@í want you to know that the public utilities commission is open9ññ?ñ?ñ to helping implement any good ideasañ? to make it stronger, and to make our credit strength and our ratepayer assurances as

solid as we can. for the public asf éahr well, our next meeting will be november 19 at 9:30 to noon induñ?ñ? our second floor conference room, and we welcome everyone to come to that he ay:ur'g. happy to answerr9ñ?ñ? any questions. >> supervisor farrell: questions? >>[mco3oy thank you. >> supervisor farrell: i just want to know, mr. young, wouldl3 x÷ñ you mind coming up real quickmiv thanks for being here. i6e2%j2oq know so mr. young is on the -- part of the puc and the clerk's office. part of the question is, one of the options we let it sunset and kind ofy34 recreate it under an ordinance before the board; iifú÷x have a copy of the funds and

where they come from. but by looking atu2cç6.4 this, the funds do operate the rback are coming from thev÷m bonds being issued correct? >> the funds to operate b:6fí the commissions come from the sf puc which is a reimbursement to the board of supervisorsff+j+pç per mou. the funds that are -- go to #c"3ym the revenue bond oversight is a percentage of each bond sale. but that is held in)léqh hç account and for contractual services for auditors and that typeéj)jú6gx of services. >> supervisor farrell: perfect. thank you. just wanted to clarifyfw9#b that's all ié(ññpvg have. >> chair kim: supervisor campos. >> co-chair campos: thank you very much. i do want to thank the this legislation for the continuance. my feeling is that to the extent that there are concernsap that there are ways that some of

those concerns can be addressed with this still moving forward so i lookañwqg]?7 forward to working with them on that, as thistñáó;avç proceeds. >> chair kim: okay. so at this time, we will open it ey is there any public comment on this z3:% ç item? >>7 8im%u david pilpel with the department of public comment. we heard this two weeks ago. i did asl time, take some time to look atm/nw÷ 5a.30. i think that language actually works the way it iso$djx if there are concerns about the operations of the committee, i think those can be expressedamúx0nj to the committee and to the puc and those can always be made better. and the appointments to them are largely within your control. so as those appointments come up i[eñ?ñ? think you can and should ask whatever questions are appropriate to%[qjc candidates. one actually a couple of quick

things. the amended=v legislation extends the committee for three years. if there is interest in reorganizia8-irgv the committee, you may want to extend it for less than three years so that you could extenduyflsuf again or restructure it prior to that ké)áqq year continuance. there is also reference on page 2, line 19, to+b2$ submitting a resolution of the board supporting the extension.g-i1ao i didn't find that in the file. if that could make its way into the file so it'sp board if this advances out of committee that would bej!""4% helpful. finally, the chair of the puc citizens advisorye! 9ú:> committee, terence jones, was at this meeting couldn't stay, asked me to communicate his1(m÷jíc concern that the bogfy ofs --é,+ the members of the commission, the cac, and this board ofa caíto supervisors, are available on

the appropriate websites but there is no similar biography forú#4÷ rate fairness board and he suggested as part of your3i discussion, i don't know that you need to write it into the legislation, but that you communicate a desire to the8dv$ puc and%úñ?ñ? to these bodies to provide biographies that can be placed on the appropriate place atí =h the puc website to increase transparency. otherwise i support the extension andóxxl >> chairv 9j÷ayou. >> chair kim: is there any other public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is[5]> supervisor farrell: thank you. colleagues, i want to thank you for the continuance from the 9&utgh last time around. we -- i think it was a good idea to do that, and i/ó;aoie know there have been again i will reiterate where i was and after speaking with our city attorney as well, even though it seems to be -- there are some issues, i'd rather -- and flaws i would rather see the revenue oversight committee continue and choose to work)

within that for changes. from a public conference lemp but also from a rating point of view that is a big deal and can come out to millions of dollars. that's what i would suggest everyone for their comments on that and again commit to make that a reality. i would move item 3 forward with a recommendation to the board. >> chair kim: we have a second and we can do that without opposition. thank you. madam clerk can you please call item 4. >> linda wong: item 4 motion amending the board of supervisors rules of order, in their entirety, to correct clerical corrections, proper placement of sections and additional updates. >> chair kim: thank you. we have the author of this item hereññ?ñ at rules committee today. supervisor sean elsbernd, wouldwmñ?ñ? you like to say a few words. >> supervisor elsbernd: sure. toaoñ?ñ?ñ call me the author of this i think is unnecessary and frankly

inappropriate. changing the board rules kicking it around to make it more efficient for the clerk of the board is something that angela and i have been talking about for a long time a couple ofh@ñ?ñ? years. and angela and kay are here to tell you what they've comegzñ?ñ?ñ up with. i will tell you that a few of our colleagues have come up to me and asked me what tricks with the amendments here. i will assure you there are none, that there is actually very little if any that i had anything to do with. this is all angela, the clerk's office, the city attorney, solely designed to make their lives easier. that's what this is about, is making this -- making our board rules work a little easier for our staff. so with that, if it's okay with you chair kim, i'd like to ask angela to present the item. >> thank you. good afternoon chair kim, members of the rules commit,

angela calvilloy÷ñ?ñ?, clerk of the board. we found early references in the mid-40's for the things being considered in the rules committee. thankfhñ?ñ? you forbmñ?ñ? having this in rules. the÷pñ?ñ?áóñ?ñ?ofñ?ñ consolidation act -- over the last 150 years various supervisors have amended these rules and our thanks to supervisor elsbernd, the most senior member of the board in helping us sponsor this legislation. the proposed revision does not seek to change the way the board conducts its business. we had three goals in mind. we wanted to reorganize the rules so the order is more intuitive, making the rules more users friendly, we wanted to clarify existing rules by eliminating redundancies and codifying practices such always doobication of the file and

overall general edit of the document. to date we've held two working groups sifting of legislative staff from all board offices, we've obtained suggestions from deputy city attorney john givner and the the#$s#ktks previous deputy city attorney cheryl adams. there is worth mentioning honorable mention for several individuals, the legislative& ? deputy, director rick cal dera and operations deputy madeline,/zñ?ñ? peggy, my assistant, alex, supervisor elsbernd's office and judson, from the president's office. but most importantly, to the=añ?ñ? board, in total, for approving the department's budget, which allows me ñ?ñ? to have ñ?ñ? kay gulbengay to shepherd this for me and theñ?ñ? board. she has combined exerns as an assistantoñ?ñ? clerk, as a legislative deputy clerk and as

active clerk of the board, 40 years worth, in the department, and extensive knowledge of the board's rules of order. i am grateful to kay for her effort. so now, i will hand it over to kay to review what the most salient changes are. afterwards i would3hñ?ñ? like to review with the committee a couple of additional amendments that we're going to ask for in the end, we're going to ask that an amendment of the whole be accepted. our expectation is that should those amendments be accepted then the document itself will sit in your committee for two weeks to allow supervisors and legislative aides and members of the public opportunity to review them before we hear it in december at the full board. with that thank4 and now i'll call up ms. gulbengay to make the presentation.3:sñ?ñ?@ >> thank you. i am privileged to be here again. ñ?ñ-i'm glad i'm not with the 1840 or 1832 section that she waslíñ?ñ?

quoting. what you have before you i've handed out a list of significant changes that we've done through staff suggestions from your offices. and you have a document that shows the current rules of order the proposed changes, and the final row shows what it will actually look like when we finish today, or in the next rules committee. so the significant changes is a 2.12 document, where we've requested that sponsors be notified when items are/ñ?ñ? requested to be on a calendar before the chair actually:pñ?ñ? calendars them. this is to create aqk friendly, more0?ñ?ñ? interaction between offices so that supervisors will know when their items are being scheduled. 2.1(a) mayor's appointments we've created4yñ?ñ three separate sections for each appointment that the board needs to confirm. there will be an appendix listing it and the approval.

22.5, we've added a substitute or amendment to a charter amendment may be introduced granted that the lead sponsorpmñ?ñ?ñ introducing such substitute have -- cosponsors to ensure cosponsors still want to remain a sponsor of the item if there were significant changes. 3.6, action by chair and committee, will work with the clerk of the staff to ensure all deadlines are met for pending legislations. there are times that a chair would not calendar a matter. this will ensure the clerk will comply with the provisions if there is a 30 day deadline if these matters get agendized. 3.11 is committee attendance. if the clerk receives notifications that five or more supervisors may attend a committee meeting language relating to constituting a special meeting of the fullñ@jly board will be placed on agenda. as you know right now at the budget and finance special

meetings, it's automatically put on eachn this can be talked about and possibly there was a suggestion that this automatically be on each agenda but right now we're just putting this receive notification in a reasonable time.o 8yál 4.13 is recognition of commendations. right now we're requesting that the time be 2 pm rather than 3:30. this is to ensure that business isn't halted and it's a better time. the clerk of the board suggested this is just a4.w=dx talking time, that it could be 2:30. group recognitions would be put at a special time and a special order, as chosen by the clerk of the board or the president of the board. so you'd have 2 pm, you would handle individual recognitions, and groups, whatever time you wanted it -- special times for appeals, 4.1(a) or public hearings would be